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" Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell — Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave — Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned around her, like a hell, And down she sucked... "
The watchman - Page 98
by James A. Maitland - 1816
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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volume 1

1821 - 438 pages
...containing upwards of 2,000 seamen, who ' sunk as lead in Ihe mighty waters.' Then rose from sea to skj the wild farewell. Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave, Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave j And the sea yawned...
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The Friendly Visitor, Volume 13

William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1831 - 516 pages
...and about forty wretched beings hurried through the foaming Hood into an eternal world. " Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave." Amongst the survivors is TVIr. Coxhead, of Size-lane, London ; and his escape was peculiarly remarkable....
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

Almanacs, English - 1820 - 422 pages
...royal navy, containing upwards of 2,000 seamen, who ' sunk as lead hi the mighty waters'.' Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave, Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the sea yawned...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 6

1820 - 496 pages
...poet had thrown together to depict the agonies of that awful scene, appears chill and tame. Then rose from sea to. sky the wild farewell, Then shrieked the timid— and stood still tlie brave— Then some liapcd overboard with drtadful yell, As eager u> anticipate tlieir grave :...
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The Aberdeen censor, Volume 1

1825 - 320 pages
...roaring waves and the contending winds, proclaimed that the unequal struggle was terminated. " Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave, Then some leaped overboard, with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate the grave ; And the sea yawned...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron

George Clinton - Poets, English - 1825 - 826 pages
...the crew as could not or would not have her, is one of the poet's most masterly efforts : Then rose from sea to sky the wild ' Farewell,' Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave : Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave ; And the Sea yawned...
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A guide to Southport, North Meols

Thomas Kirkland Glazebrook - 1825 - 222 pages
...SEA COVERED THEM : THEY SANK AS LEAD IN THE MIGHTY WATERS." EXODUS XV. V. 10. " Then rose from sea^to sky the wild farewell, Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave, Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate tbeir grave ; And the sea yawned...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 15

Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...DEVOTED AND MOST OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANTS, 738645 THE IJf rci> ANECDOTES OF SHIPWRECK. • ' Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave. Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave." LOUD BYRON. DANGERS...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron

George Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 888 pages
...the crew as could not or would not leave her, is one of the poet's most masterly efforts : Then rose from sea to sky the wild ' Farewell,' Then shrieked the timid, and stooil still the brave ; Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 16

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 824 pages
...violent, that it would throw the crew on the upper deck of lesser ships over-board. Arbvthnot. Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then shrieked the timid, and stund still the brave, Then some leaped over-board with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their...
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